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DEKALB, Ill. – Three Northern Illinois University Athletics programs open their 2021 seasons this week, beginning with the women's tennis team traveling to South Bend, Ind. for a doubleheader with Notre Dame Tuesday afternoon. The Huskie volleyball and gymnastics teams also begin play this weekend.
 
Women's Tennis
Tuesday, January 19: at Notre Dame, 3 p.m. CT – Watch | Live Stats
Tuesday, January 19: at Notre Dame, 6 p.m. CT – Watch | Live Stats
Saturday, January 23: at Cincinnati, 11 a.m. CT
 
The Huskie women's tennis team opens the 2021 season with a pair of matches at Notre Dame on Tuesday. It begins a stretch of four of five matches on the road. Following Tuesday's doubleheader against the Fighting Irish, NIU travels to Cincinnati for a single match Saturday. You can read the full season preview here.
 
Men's Basketball
The NIU men's basketball team has paused all team activities relating to positive COVID-19 tests and subsequent contact tracing. As a result, the Huskies' Tuesday, January 19 game and Saturday, January 23 contest at Buffalo has been postponed.
 
Women's Basketball
Wednesday, January 20: at Toledo, 4:30 p.m. CT – Listen Live | Live Stats
Saturday, January 23: vs. Kent State, 1 p.m. CT – ESPN+ | Listen Live | Live Stats
 
The Huskie women's basketball team takes its four-game winning streak into Toledo when NIU faces the Rockets Wednesday before playing host to Kent State Saturday at the Convocation Center.
 
Volleyball
Friday, January 22: at Bowling Green, 5 p.m. CT – | Live Stats
Saturday, January 23: at Bowling Green, 4 p.m. CT – | Live Stats
 
Huskie volleyball begins its season this weekend when NIU travels to Bowling Green for a pair of matches starting on Friday. There will be a complete season preview on NIUHuskies.com later this week.
 
Gymnastics
Friday, January 22: at Tennessee Collegiate Classic, 7 p.m. CT
Sunday, January 24: at Western Michigan, 2 p.m. CT

The NIU gymnastics team travels to Nashville, Tenn. with a quadrangular meet with Southeast Missouri State, Lindenwood and Centenary College. There will be a complete season preview on NIUHuskies.com later this week.
 
Women's Track & Field
Saturday, January 23: at GVSU Lints Alumni Meet, 1 p.m. – Watch | Live Stats
 
After opening the season last week at Bowling Green, the NIU women's track and field team heads to Allendale, Mich., on Saturday, January 23, for the Mike Lints Alumni Meet, hosted by Grand Valley State. Competition is scheduled to begin at 12 p.m. CT.
 
Last week at Bowling Green, the Huskies swept the jumps as Kenyae Majors took top honors in the long jump, Kendal Only won the triple jump competition and DaeLin Switzer tied for the top spot in the high jump. NIU was also victorious in the 4x400-meter relay at Bowling Green as the quartet of Kadeja Campbell, Kaitlyn Lewis, Janae Dean and Jahnetta Jones was first across the line.
 
Saturday's meet will mark the first of three trips to Grand Valley during the indoor season for the Huskies.
 
Wrestling
Saturday, January 23: vs. Ohio, 11 a.m. CT
Saturday, January 23: at No. 9 Missouri, 4 p.m. CT – Watch | Live Stats
 
The Huskie wrestling team continues conference action when it travels to Columbia, Mo. for a doubleheader with Ohio and Mizzou at Missouri. NIU is looking to rebound from a 21-14 setback at Central Michigan. A late Huskie rally was not enough to fend off a slow start by NIU in the match.
 
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